Mixtapes have announced that following their performance at Fest 13 the Ohio band will take a hiatus.
In their issued statement, they said:
After Fest this fall, Mixtapes is gonna go on a break. We're not breaking up for good--eventually we want to play as Mixtapes again--but as of now we're not sure the next time that will be.
The band released Ordinary Silence last year on No Sleep Records.
Source: punknews.org
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